Tensions boiled over in Patna’s Legislative Council Monday, where opposition lawmakers staged a raucous demonstration against Bihar’s security lapses in the budget session opener. Rabri Devi and allies demanded Nitish Kumar quit, citing rampant attacks on women, Dalits, and minorities—exemplified by Darbhanga’s tragic child rape-murder.
Sunil Singh’s pointed query on the case drew Rabri’s explosive retort, claiming statewide peril for girls and sparking unrelenting bedlam.
Rising to the challenge, Nitish unleashed: ‘Idle critics who never advanced women now complain? We deliver justice swiftly; Bihar thrives under us.’ Targeting the disruptors, he proclaimed, ‘Punish these instigators—15 years of their stagnation shames Bihar.’
The unrest began outside, with protests decrying Deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary’s oversight. Rabri told journalists: ‘Government has failed. Nitish, Chaudhary—resign now. End the killings of vulnerable daughters.’
This spectacle underscores Bihar’s fraught governance narrative, blending crime critiques with development boasts. As budgetary talks proceed, such confrontations could redefine political alliances and public trust.